This book won the Orange Prize for fiction in 2000, and it's lovely. A very simple plot about two unlikely lovers. He's in town to demolish the bridge, she's a 'heritage museum facilitator.' Both of them arrive to the dusty, dying country town with very little enthusiasm for their jobs; they're both socially inept and not terribly attractive. But they meet, they date over scones (that give them food poisoning) and they realise that they like each other and the bridge. Great writing - when Douglas is hurtling out up to the bridge in a local's ute, you can smell the gravel flying and feel his anxiety. Intriguing subplot about the banker's wife too - read it!
Shipped immediately!
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